Andrew Buchan’s alleged affair with co-star Leila Farzad was exposed after estranged wife Amy Nuttall discovered the former Broadchurch star had purchased racy lingerie in a size that was not her own.
Buchan is understood to have left actress Nuttall, his wife of 12-years, and moved in with Oxford educated mother-of-one Farzad after growing close on the set of new BBC series Better.
Friends claim the actor informed Nuttall, best known for her former roles in Emmerdale and Downtown Abbey,